Metallic roofing



I (No Model.)

H. KLEHE. I METALLIC ROOFING.

Patgnted July 23, 1889.

UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE,

HERMANN KLEHE, OF BADEN- BADEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO JULIUS KLEI-IE, OFMAUCH OHUNK, PENNSYLVANIA. 7

,METALLIC ROOFING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,535, dated July 23,1889. Application filed November 20, 1888. Serial No. 291,369. (Nomodel.) Patented in Germany January 1, 1881, No. 14,835.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be, it known that I, HERMANN KLEHE, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Baden-Baden, in the Grand Duchy of Baden and Empire ofGermany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MetallicRoofing, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Germany, No.14,835, dated January 1,18S1;) and I do hereby declare, the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to roofing.

The object of the invention is to produce a roof which shall be neat andsubstantial in appearance, free from liability to injury by fire, sleet,snow, wind, or rain, and one in which any one section may readily beremoved without displacing the others, and, finally, the object is toproduce a roof which shall be inexpensive of production and application.

\Vith these objects in view my invention resides in a roof composed ofsections of zinc, galvanized sheet-iron, or the like, each sectionprovided withhooks and with interlocking edges, whereby the sections areretained in position; furthermore, the invention resides in a roofcomposed of metallic sections having overlapping adjacent edges and provided with hooks for retaining the sections in position; furthermore,the invention resides in a roof made of aframe of wood or metal,havingcross-pieces arranged at suitable distance apart, and a series ofmetallic sections, each provided with a hook engaging a cross-piece ofthe frame and having overlapping edges.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures, Figure 1 represents a plan view of two of my improvedroofing-sections joined at their ends. Fig. 2 is a section on the line0c 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of two sections of roofing joinedat their sides. Fig. a is a section on the line y y of Fig. 2.

The roof-sections are represented by the letter A. They are eachprovided on their under faces with hooks a, designed to engage withsuitable bars and thereby hold the different sections in position on theroof. The sections are each provided on one end and one side withupturned outwardly-extending curved flanges a a, and upon the other endand side with downward inwardly-extending flanges a and a These flangesare so formed that the adjacent ones of joining sections interlock. Justinside the edges at which the upturned flanges are placed are thegrooves or channels a a, connected, as shown, to make a continuousconduit, and serving as a trough for carrying off water, snow, and. thelike from the sections. The sections are of zinc, galvanized iron,earthenware, or any other desirable or suitable substance, preferably,however, a non-corrosive and non-inflammable one.

B represents a bar of wood or metal, a series of which are designed tobe placed on the rafters of a building ata distance apart about equal tothe length of the roof-sections.

In placing the sections on the roof they are so arranged that thedepending flanges of one section overlap and bear upon theupwardly-extending flanges of the adjacent sections, thereby forming ajoint which will effectually prevent the entrance of water, &c., betweenthe sections.

In placing the roof-sections in position, I begin preferably at thelower left-hand end of the roof and adjust the hooks of each sectionupon the cross-pieces. The hooks are of such length that when they arein position under the bars B the sections are bound firmly in place andare held firmly together without the use of nails or screws.

It will also be clear that the hooks when in their designed positions onthe bars will hold the interlocking edges of the sections firmlytogether and prevent displacement.

From the foregoing it will be clear that a roof made in accordance withmy invention will possess great advantages over the ordinary sheet-metalor wooden roof, because of the advantages of being attached without theemployment of nails or the like, and without requiring the sections orparts being soldered orsimilarly secured, and because of the factthatwater, wind, or fire will do the roof no harm.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A roof made up of a series of metallic sections provided on theirunder sides with hooks and also provided With interlocking edges formingjoints, substantially as described.

2. A roof made up of a series of metallic sections provided with hooksand interlocking edges and with grooves or conduits forming receptaclesfor projecting parts of adjacent sections and means for conductingwater, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a roof- 15 provided with hooks forsecuring the sections 20 in place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HERMANN KLEHE.

\Vitnesses:

ELISE LEAOHAR, FELIX b. S. JOHNSON.

